LYCEUM SIMBA LIMITED
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Cash
£2.1m
-39.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£14m
-139.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3m
+154.5% first positive since 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-08-17.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,040,814 | £23,834,013 | £23,267,361 | -2.4% | |
| Operating profit | £14,599,901 | £4,882,810 | £12,776,401 | +161.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,056,703 | -£5,491,964 | £2,994,847 | +154.5% | |
| Net profit | £5,663,080 | -£7,267,070 | £1,625,384 | +122.4% | |
| Cash | £9,128,272 | £3,429,145 | £2,060,518 | -39.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,631,924 | £3,944,809 | -£1,830,170 | -146.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,046,603 | -£5,794,331 | -£13,856,342 | -139.1% | |
| Equity | £1,046,603 | -£5,794,331 | -£13,856,342 | -139.1% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 72.9% | 20.5% | 54.9% | |
| Net margin | 28.3% | -30.5% | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 220.1% | 123.8% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.3% | 104.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.10x | 0.06x | 0.04x | |
| Interest cover | 1.94x | 0.47x | 1.30x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LYCEUM SIMBA LIMITED 2024-02-05 → present
- LIGHTSOURCE SIMBA LIMITED 2015-08-04 → 2024-02-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the date of signing these financial statements, the Directors believe that the Company and Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- LYCEUM SIMBA LIMITED · parent
- Lyceum SPV 10 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 20 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 39 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 40 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 42 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 44 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 54 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 74 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 105 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 109 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 115 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 123 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 135 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 143 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 160 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 169 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 170 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 180 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 200 Limited
- Lyceum SPV 224 Limited
- SEL PV 09 Limited
- Bodmin Solar Limited
- H7 Energy Limited
- MTS Francis Court Solar Limited
- Thames Electricity Limited
- TWQE2 Limited
- Lyceum Pumbaa Limited
- Lyceum Timon Limited
- Lyceum Nala Limited
Significant events
- “There were no significant events after the reporting date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, Benjamin Michael | Director | 2025-10-01 | Jul 1982 | British |
| CARTER, Julia | Director | 2025-10-01 | Dec 1991 | British |
| WOOD, Neil Anthony | Director | 2024-01-24 | Dec 1980 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHUR, Timothy | Director | 2015-08-04 | 2016-10-05 |
| BOUTONNAT, Kareen Alexandra Patricia | Director | 2020-10-27 | 2022-06-10 |
| CARTER, Julia Mary | Director | 2024-01-24 | 2024-08-23 |
| COOPER, William James | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2017-11-30 |
| DESOUZA, Alexandra Sian | Director | 2022-05-17 | 2024-01-24 |
| FRICOT, Olivier Jean Yves | Director | 2022-05-17 | 2024-01-24 |
| HARDIE, Ian David | Director | 2015-08-04 | 2022-06-20 |
| LOVE, Craig John | Director | 2022-05-17 | 2024-01-24 |
| MCCARTIE, Paul | Director | 2015-08-04 | 2022-06-10 |
| ORD, Jonathan Nicholas | Director | 2024-01-24 | 2025-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyceum Solar Finco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-27 | Active |
| Lyceum Solar Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-24 | Ceased 2024-12-27 |
| Lightsource Asset Holdings (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-24 | Ceased 2024-01-24 |
| Lightsource Renewable Energy Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-13 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-13 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-13 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.